A good samaritan who was handed two fines for driving in a bus lane in Croydon is calling on the council to install clearer signs.

Back in September Mike Mortimore was helping a friend who had just come out of hospital to find somewhere to live.

The 68-year-old from Worcester Park was unlucky enough to get two tickets in the same location in one day.

The online marketing professional from Worcester Park was using Google Maps which told him to turn left from Wellesley Road into Lansdowne Road.

"I was directed into that road from Wellesley Road by Google Maps and honestly didn’t realise I was in a bus lane and repeated the exercise later in the day because again Google Maps took me there," he said.

"This is an unusual road layout as most roads with bus lanes have a normal traffic lane on the outside but this road is basically one way on the bus lane side."

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Although the road does go into a bus lane, Mr Mortimore thinks that there should be clearer 'no entry' signs.

A freedom of information request (FOI) in February revealed that in 2016/17, more than half of all bus lane fines in the borough were given to drivers in Lansdowne Road.

Mr Mortimore added: "The sign is a small blue sign that is quite high, you’d have trouble seeing it unless you were in a lorry or a bus."

Since he got the two fines, amounting to £130, he has asked the council whether he can just pay one as it was an "honest mistake" but has had no luck so far.

"I’ve got two fines both from the same day on the same road. I said if I’d known that was a bus lane I probably wouldn’t have gone there in the first place. But I certainly wouldn’t have gone twice," he said.

"I think there should be a proper red no entry sign which says except buses, taxis and bicycles.

"I think the road markings there aren't right. I thought they would be flexible and at least waive one of the tickets."